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  • Feedback on proposed amendments to the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act) and Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act), Submission to the QLD Department of Justice and Attorney-General (24 Aug 2023)

  • Proposed Reforms to Queensland’s Information Privacy and Right to Information Legislation, Submission to Qld Attorney-General (22 Jul 2022)
  • State government centralised digital health records plan, Letters to the NSW Health CIO and the Qld Health CIO (6 Jun 2022)

  • MHR COVID immunisation health threat, Letter to Royal Brisbane Hospital (29 March 2021), and to the Australian Digital Health Authority (29 March 2021)

  • Mobile Phone Visitor Data to Support Economic Growth Letter to the Mayor of Gold Coast (19 November 2020)

  • Human Rights Protections, Policy Statement (5 Mar 2017)
  • Review of the Information Privacy Act (Qld), Submission to Queensland Attorney-General (19 Jan 2017)

  • A Possible Human Rights Act, Submission to Queensland Parliament’s Legal and Community Safety Committee (29 Aug 2016

  • CitySafe CCTV and Transmission to iPads, Submission to Brisbane City Council (19 Apr 2014), and the dismissive reply (21 May 2014)
  • CitySafe CCTV and Transmission to iPads, Submission to Qld Police Minister and Brisbane City Council (14 Mar 2014), and the BCC’s Reply (4 Apr 2014)

  • Appointment of a Replacement Privacy Commissioner, Follow-Up Letter to the Attorney-General of Queensland (17 Jul 2012), and the empty reply (26 July 2012)

  • Guidelines re Biometrics, Letters to the Privacy Commissioners, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (19 Oct 2011):
  • Qld, and Reply, Scanned and Text-Extractable (17 Nov 2011)

  • Queensland Driver’s Licence, Letter to Queensland Premier (14 Sep 2010)
  • Fixed Speed Cameras, Submission to Queensland Parliamentary Economic Development Committee (14 Apr 2010)

  • Policy Statement on Road Tolls (Sep 2008)
  • Queensland Driver’s Licence, further letter to Qld Premier (June 2008), and the reply (November 2008)
  • Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), Verbal Evidence to Queensland Parltry Travelsafe C’tee – pp. 10-16 (March 2008)
  • Biometrics of Visitors to Queensland Correctional Centres, Letter to Qld Minister for Police (March 2008)
  • Queensland Driver’s Licence, Letter to Qld Premier (March 2008), and the Premier’s response (May 2008)
  • Automatic Number Plate Recognition Technology (ANPR), to the Queensland Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee (January 2008)

  • Biometrics of Visitors to Queensland Correctional Centres, to Qld Minister for Police (October 2007), and the Minister’s Reply, p. 1 and p. 2 (November 2007)
  • Submission re Review of the Queensland Club Industry Privacy Code (October 2005)
  • Transcript of Evidence to Qld Crime and Misconduct Commission re: Police Radio Communications Access (29 July 2004)
  • Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission re: Police Radio Communications Access (June 2004)
  • Submission to Queensland Transport re the proposed Smartcard-based Driver’s Licence (November 2003)

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